Expert Says Emails Used to Accuse Maduro Opponents of Assassination Plot Are Fake

Venezuelan Officials Made Accusations Against Political Opponents, U.S. Diplomats

By

José de Córdoba

June 30, 2014 7:32 p.m. ET

A cybersecurity forensics expert said Monday the emails used by the Venezuelan government to accuse political opponents and U.S. diplomats of conspiring to assassinate President Nicolás Maduro last month are fake.

The expert was hired by one of the Venezuelan opposition figures accused by the government, in an effort to clear his name.

The assassination-plot accusation was first made last month by top Venezuelan officials and...